BLACK DRAGON, auxiliary yawl at Cape May Race 1931

safety negative

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1931. Image of 46' Morton Waddell designed auxiliary yawl BLACK DRAGON (built 1931) at Cape May Race. Visible in image: port beam view of yawl on starboard broad reach tack with gaff-rigged main and mizzen sails, mizzen staysail, and jib raised, US Power Squadron, Inc. burgee- vertical blue and white stripes with red square in upper left corner with anchor and circle of stars- on mainmast, and Morton Waddell's private signal- white swallowtail with black outline of swallowtail and black griffin standing on hind legs facing flagpost- on mizzenmast, motorcraft in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "Black Dragon / Box 3217" and stamped: "46435F / CAPE MAY- 1931>".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection